Dress up your pooch and join us in the 58th Annual Mesquite Rodeo Parade. Only 50 spots available! Free t-shirt and dog treats for participants!

ENTRY FEE: $15 (Cash or Check Only) Includes 1 person and up to 2 pooches in the parade. All proceeds will be donated to the Mesquite Dog Park Fund. Each participant will receive a free T-shirt & dog treats.

REGISTRATION: Please contact Sonja at cccrimewatch@yahoo.com or 214.284.2230 or Sarah at 337.802.4845 to register. Entry fee is due at time of registration.

DEADLINE: Deadline to register is noon on March 11th

DETAILS: All dogs must be vaccinated and registered with the City of Mesquite. Our group will meet before the parade at 9:00 am. The parade will start at 10 am. Our group will walk together to support the Mesquite Dog Park.

If you have never been to this festival you may be in for a treat. It was voted the best festival in Dallas 2014. If you only do either the hike or the festival portion only that would be ok. We will meet in front of Deep Ellum Bark Park on the corner of Commerce and Good Latimer at 5:30 where the festival is located. At 5:45 we will start the hike and the make a loop towards the eastern part of downtown. I have done many variations of the downtown urban hikes but this will be the first one on this side of town. It should be fun. The total distance is around 3.5 miles. After the hike we will end up at the festival where we met and can enjoy the music and arts. This festival is pet and family friendly but does have kind of a Venice Beach weirdness to it. That is what makes it a must for those into Dallas culture.

The hike portion will include stops at John W. Carpenter Park, Cancer Survivors Plaza, Klyde Warren Park, The Arts District and Main Street Garden Park. We will then head back over to the festival where the biggest party of the year will be going on;

“Six blocks of Main Street in the Deep Ellum entertainment district, 2800 Main Street, Dallas TX 75226, will be transformed into one enormous street festival. Featuring 200 top-notch decorative and visual artists, 100 original bands and singer/songwriters performing from four different stages, the renowned Pet Parade, and enticing foods and drinks.

Festival attendees can stroll through displays of cutting-edge decorative arts and admire, commission, and purchase the works of sculptors, muralists, jewelers, painters, leather and wood crafters, and other specialized fine artists, some of whom will be creating pieces on the spot. Observer Best of Dallas winner 2014!”

Hundreds of pet owners will be taking their best friends on a promenade down Main Street Sunday afternoon. Enter your favorite Doggie Friend and join in the Arts Festival fun!

Register at Bark Park starting at 11AM. The parade begins at noon. For your $10 donation, payable by cash or check only, each participant will receive one Bark Park T-shirt and a Doggie Bag full of goodies.

Choose your level of participation in the Pet Parade competition - Best Costume, Best Personality or Best Trick. All contest participants will be introduced on the Malcolm X Stage!

Well-trained socialized pets are welcome to the festival all day Sunday, especially during the Pet Parade. We are prepared and staffed for the additional needs of pets on Sunday only. The adjacent Deep Ellum Bark Park will be open for sign in and parade staging. While pets will not be turned away Friday or Saturday, we appreciate your cooperation in adhering to these guidelines for everyone’s benefit.